Friend, Arabic Proverb

Any wise enemy is better than an ignorant friend.

- Arabic proverb

Quoted in Carol Bardenstein, Translation and Transformation in Modern Arabic Literature:The Indigenous Assertions of Muḥammad 'Uthmān Jalāl, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005, p. 66.

Arabic proverb: Proverbs from all Arabic speaking parts of the world.

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Foe, Turkish Proverb

Be your enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.

- Turkish Proverb

Friend, Russian Proverb

An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue.

- Russian Proverb